Federal probe targets national bank loans to political campaigns
San Antonio AP report: U S Attorney Seagal Wheatley says federal inquiry will examine loans by national banks to candidates or candidate committees in the 1970 election year, excluding state banks whose loans are not under federal review. He notes state banks barred from political loans and mentions the Frost National Bank indictment in a related matter.
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San Antonio
U. S
Frost National Bank
Preston Smith
Smith
Wheatley
Justice Department
U.S
Texas
Eldon B. Mahon
Fort Worth
Anthony J. P Farris
Houston
Roby Hadden
Tyler
21 Vehicle Pileup Leaves 3 in Hospital
Three Amarillo residents remained hospitalized after a 21 vehicle pileup on Interstate 40 caused by blinding dust. The injured include Sylvia Collum and Louise Cockrell with serious leg and possible internal injuries, Mae Hatch with back injuries, while others were treated and released.
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Amarillo
High Plains Baptist Hospital
Sylvia F. Collum
Clearwell
Louise Cockrell
Barbara Lane
Mae Hatch
Lometa
Larry K. Evans
Janis Hall
Doris Drive
Fain L. Kaspar
John Mitchell
Meadow
Nita Lou Duncan
Drouth Relief Aid Expected for Texas Counties
Federal disaster relief funds are expected to be earmarked today for 60 Texas counties as drought lingers across the Panhandle and Southwest. Gov. Preston Smith has directed 3.5 million in state aid over the past year, while officials warn the drought could outlast forecasts with cattle losses and plunging farm income.
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Texas Panhandle
Texas
Panhandle
Southwest
Preston Smith
Drouth
Smith
U.S
John Tower
Lloyd Bentsen
Nixon
South Plains
Armstrong
Carson
Childress
Cottle
Dickens
Hutchinson
Kent
King
Lipscomb
Oldham
Potter
Swisher
Hall
White
Amarillo
Potter County
Charles M. Crouch
U. S. Weather Bureau
Amarillo Air Terminal
Winds Sweep Panhandle Cropland Causing Dust Storms
Panhandle area faces fierce winds up to 61 mph that strip topsoil from about 9000 square miles. Dust reduces visibility and halts irrigation as cattle move restlessly. In Clovis two 22-foot walls collapse at Barry Elementary. a 21-car pileup near Amarillo hospitalizes eight with no serious injuries.
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Panhandle
New Mexco
Texas Big Bend
Clovis
N. M
Barry
W. R. Bauskey
Amarillo
Gusting Winds Injure Silverton Schoolteacher
Silverton junior high math instructor Mrs. Winnie Redin, 70, was knocked from her front porch by 48 mph winds while picking up the morning paper about 8 o clock. She suffered a fractured hip and was hospitalized at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. condition was not yet determined.
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Silverton
Methodist Hospital
Lubbock
Winnie Redin
O. C. Rampley
Fire Base 6 Relief Beats Back Siege
South Vietnamese reinforcements reached Fire Base 6 in the central highlands as 23,000 troops moved into the area to counter a North Vietnamese offensive. The vanguard met little resistance while six battalions moved north and one paratrooper battalion approached from the south, with two battalions on the hilltop base.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Air Force and Navy To Stay in Vietnam
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird said the United States will keep air and naval power in Southeast Asia under the Nixon doctrine after American ground troops are withdrawn. He described a realistic deterrent in Asia and noted combat forces would remain to protect the American presence in air and logistics support for South Vietnam. He also forecast the South Vietnamese ground incursion into Laos would be deemed successful upon later analysis.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Southeast Asia
Asia
Laird
Vietnam
Laos
South Vietnam
House Ends Debate on Ethics Bill in Texas
The Texas House approved an ethics bill 133 to 6 after three days of debate and sent it to the Senate. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes predicted Senate passage only with a substitute text from a Senate bill dated March 22. If rejected, a conference committee would negotiate a compromise bill amid ongoing ethics debate.
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Austin
House
Senate
Ben Barnes
House-Senate
Dan Kubiak
Rockdale
Kubiak
Jim Nugent
Kerrville
Shamrock student hair rule suit dismissed by federal judge
U S District Judge Halbert O Woodward dismissed Ricky Schlegel 16 and father Norbert B Schlegel suit challenging Shamrock School District hair length policy. He cited Justice Black on states handling of local dress rules and said federal courts should abstain from intervening in purely local school matters. Schlegels alleged violations of multiple constitutional amendments after Ricky was sent home December 9 1970 for sideburn length but returned the same day after cutting.
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Shamrock
Halbert O. Woodward
Ricky Schlegel
Norbert B. Schlegel
U.S. District Court
Judge Woodward
Hugo Black
Woodward
Justice Black
Schlegels
U.S
Shamrock High School
White House warns steel pay hikes threaten jobs and world competition
The administration warned a large steel wage increase could erode the sector’s international competitiveness and cut employment. The three month alert cites the recent can industry settlement as a price trend example and calls for productivity gains to restrain price rises across metals.
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Washington (Ap
White House
Nixon
Paul W. McCracken
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
Berthelem
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Dana Boroughs
Texas Tech
Hurst
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Tourist Bureau
Bureau
Tourist Bureau
Don Small
Bell
John Richards
Bristol
Mitchell
John Goodell
Summit Circle
John White
Texas Agricultural Commissioner
Panhandle Area
National Weather Service
Air Force
Navy
Bosse
Nugent
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Leroy Welling
Portland
Acb
Bos
New Mexico
Enw
New York City
New York
Washington, D.C
McCracken
Interstate Commerce Commission
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